Apparatus for conveying and collecting house refuse.



no. 636,325. Patented nov. I4, |899.

P. mAunEn. y APPARATUS FOB CONVEYING AND COLLECTING HOUSE REFUSE.

(Appliemonmed Fev. 1, 1899.)

(no meel.)

Inrem for y y Wi messes UNITED STATES `PATENTV OFFICE.

, PHILIPP MAURER, OF WIESBADEN, GERMANY.

APPARATUS FOR CONVEYING AND COLLECTING HOUSE REFUSE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 636,825, dated November 14, 1899.

Application led February l, 1899. Serial No. 704,165. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, PHILIPP MAURER, architect, a subject of the King of Prussia, German Emperor, residing at 33 Kaiser Friedrich King, Wiesbaden, Kingdom of Prussia, Germany, have invented new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Conveying and Collecting House Refuse, of which the following is a specification.

The improved apparatus for conveying and collecting house refuse, forming the subject of the present invention, has for its purpose to convey the house refuse from the kitchen of each door of the house directly to the dustbin in such a manner as to avoid the production of dust.

With this end in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combination of parts hereinafter described, and the essential elements of which are recited in the appended claims.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which--` Figure l shows a vertical section through the apparatus in operative position. Fig. la is a vertical section through the apparatus in the position of rest. Figs. 2 and 2a are front elevations, partly in section, of the arrangement and apparatus shown in Figs. l and la, respectively. Fig. 3 illustrates a perspective view of the refuse-receiver beneath the sink at every story of the building, showing the connection between the door and the spraying device.

A channel or chute a is arranged inside the wall and leading to the various stories of the building. At every story and near the floor an opening b in the wall communicates with the interior of the house, which opening is suitably situated beneath the sink c in the kitchen. It is obvious that any other suitable place may be chosen for the opening b. A hopper g for conveying the refuse into the channel a is arranged fitting around the opening b. A door d closes the opening in the kitchen. By connecting by a suitable lever arrangement e the doordwithalid f the latter may coperate with the door d. The lid f closes the communication between the opening b and the channel a. In opening the door d the lid f will be lifted, so as to establish communication between a and b. When the door d is closed, this lid f will tightly rest against an abutment of the hopper-frame, thus preventing the odor rising from the dustcollector in the channel a to reach the hopper g, and consequently on opening the door d the interior of the house. A jet h for spraying water onto the refuse is further in connection with the door d, which jet on opening the door CZ will emit a fine spray into the space between the door d and the opening b, thus preventing the production of dust, which would otherwise occur in lling the refuse into the hopper g. Referring to Fig. 3 of the accompanying drawings, the arrangement for causing the automatic action of the jet h consists in horizontally pivoting in a bracket on the internal surface of the door d a rod m.

The other end of said rod is pivotally connected to the bifurcated end of the key n. This key n, in view of the horizontal movement imparted to it from the door d by the connection with the rod m opens and closes the jet h in the wellknown manner as the door d is opened and closed, respectively. The lower end of the channel ct terminates in a wider space, a door t permitting access to it from the outer wall of the building for the purpose of substituting an empty dust-bin for the one containing the dust collected. The dust-bin le may be of any suitable and desired -construction and advantageously be fitted with rollers or wheels to facilitate removal.

The arrangement for conveying and collecting the dust may, if desired, be fitted to old houses. Should it not be practicable to construct the chute ci inside the wall, this chute a may consist of tubes of iron or other suitable material secured to the outer wall and provided with openings b, communicating with the interior of the house, the apparatus coinciding in its means for receiving, treating, and conveying the refuse with the arrangement described.

It may be advantageous to provide a curtain or screen Z' behind the door d, so that on opening this door the escape of dust into the kitchen is prevented.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is l. A refuse conveyer and collector com- ICO prising, in combination, the channel a having openings b at every story, the hopper g beneath the sink c in front of every opening l), a door d for closing the hopper g, a lever arrangement in connection with the lid f and door d for automatically establishing and interrupting communication between the hopper g and the refuse-collector by the opening and closing of said door d respectively; an automatic spraying device 7L actuated by the opening of the door d, and a removable refuse-collector 7s at the bottom of the channel a, a curtain Z being arranged immediately behind the door d, as, and for the purposes, set forth.

2. In a refuse conveyer and collector the combination with the door CZ of the hopper g of a lever arrangement in connection with the lid ffor establishing and interrupting colnmunication between said hopper andthe refuse-collector and of a lever arrangement for' automatically actuating the key n of a spraying device h on opening said door, substantially as, and for the purposes, set forth.

3. In combination with the door d of a hopper g, in connection with the refuse-convey- PHILIPP MAURER.

Witnesses:

JAKoB MASCHMANN, WALTER HAUSING. 

